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That won't happen, but even if it did, there would definitely be some games that would make that complicated. You couldn't really do that based on the game release date (and no one would hand pick the games).

For example I voted for Age of Empires 2 HD, but also considered Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD. Both newer releases technically, but also have 100% the same gameplay as the originals.

Csgo is kind of similar as well - technically new, but you could say that the cs gameplay has stood the test of time.

All I remember of the second half of the game is the 15 minutes I spent after every single mission looking at the new weapons / armor / upgrades to find new ones that are superior (since the game doesn't clearly communicate that to you on pickup), equipping them and moving the current ones down the chain of my squad. And then selling off the inferior ones.

This puzzle can be completely solved without any external helping items or whatever. And you don't need any to know anything really about colors either. You just need to look at all the information the game gives you about that puzzle.